Floor Exercise
Skills are generally listed in order of appearance/Element # in the current COP. Skills not in the current COP are inserted within the appropriate group.
- Group 1 – Gymnastic Leaps, Jumps and Hops
- Group 2 – Gymnastic Turns
- Group 3 – Hand Support Elements
- Group 4 – Saltos Forward & Sideward
- Group 5 – Saltos Backward
- Banned Skills
Format
*Gymnast/s, Year & Competition if known (bolded if officially named for gymnast at some point)
Skill name/description — DV (Table of Elements #) [IF in current COP)
Note/s if applicable
*Starred entries (still) credited to athlete in current COP
Group 1 – Gymnastic Leaps, Jumps and Hops
Plataroti, 1991 Worlds
Split leap fwd w. leg change through fwd, sideward, to bwd horizontal (ronde de jambe) — n/a
Last listed and credited in 2001 COP — C (1.304)
Strug, 1993 Worlds
Tour jete w. additional 1/2 turn — C (1.301)
Last credited in 2001 COP
Produnova, 2000 Olympics
Tour jete w. additional 1/2 turn to land in split position — C (1.301)
Last credited in 2001 COP
*Csillag, 2010 Worlds
Side split leap w. 1/1 turn — C (1.301)
Gogean, 1997 Worlds
Tour jete w. additional 1/1 turn — D (1.401)
Last credited in 2001 COP
Rivarola, 1999 Worlds
Split jump in place w. 1/1 turn — C (1.302)
Last credited in 2001 COP
Submitted by Sacramone @ 2008 Olympics – Not performed
Split jump w. 2/1 turn — D
*Frolova, 1983 Worlds
Switch leap w. 1/2 turn — C (1.304)
Thummler, 1988 Olympics
Leap bwd w. 1/2 turn, thereby cross splitting the bent legs and arching the upper body – landing optional — n/a
Last listed and credited in 1989 COP — C (1.64)
Roethlisberger, 1985 Worlds / Johnson, 1988 Olympics
Switch leap w. 1/4 turn to side split leap or straddle pike (Johnson) — B (1.205)
*Bulimar, 2011 Worlds
Johnson leap w. additional 1/1 turn — D (1.405)
*Popa, 1988 Olympics
Straddle-pike jump w. 1/1 turn — C (1.307)
*Shushunova, 1985 Worlds
Straddle jump to land in front lying support (Shushunova), also w. 1/2 turn — A (1.108)
*Martinez, 2006 Worlds
Hop w. 1/1 turn to straddle and land in prone position — A (1.108)
Shushunova
Straddle jump w. 1/1 turn to land in front lying support — B (1.208)
Shushunova never competed this version of her jump (i.e., w. a full turn) to my knowledge. Credited only 2001 and 2005 COP.
Khorkina, 1997 Worlds
Hop w. 1.5 turns to front lying support — B (1.208)
Last credited in 2001 COP.
*Boucher, 1991 Worlds
Tour jete to ring leap — B (1.209)
Kysla, Sankova, Mys & Shokry, 2013 Worlds
Switch leap to ring position w. 1/2 turn — D (1.409)
*Ferrari, 2012 Olympics
Split leap w. 1/1 turn to ring position — D (1.409)
Garrison, 1985 Worlds
Cat leap w. 1.5 turn — n/a
Last credited in 2006 COP. Last listed in 2013 ed. — B (1.211)
Benton, 1989 Worlds
Cat leap w. 2/1 turn — C (1.311)
Last credited in 2006 COP
Ziganshina, 2001 Worlds
Tuck jump w. 2/1 turn, landing in front lying support — C (1.313)
Last credited in 2006 COP
Zamolodchikova, 2000 Olympics
Wolf jump w. 1/1 turn to front support — B (1.214)
*Gomez, 2002 Worlds
4/1 turn on 1 leg — E (2.501)
Andreeva, 1986 USSR Cup / *Memmel, 2003 Worlds
2/1 turn w. free leg held in 180°-split position — D (2.403)
Submitted by Parolari @ 2011 Worlds – Not performed / Submitted by Mustafina @ 2012 Olympics and 2013 Worlds – Not performed
3/1 turn w. free leg held in 180°-split position — E
Pavlova, 2008 Olympics
1/1 turn w. free leg held in back attitude — B (2.204)
Updike, 2006 US Classic / Afansayeva, 2008 Moscow World Cup / *Semenova, 2008 Olympics (Also submitted, but not performed, by Afanasyeva)
2/1 turn w. free leg in back attitude — D (2.404)
Ponor, 2006 Europeans
2/1 turn w. free leg in “scorpion” position — n/a
Teft, 1996 US Olympic Trials / Conway, 2000 Olympics / *Hopfner-Hibbs, 2007 Worlds
2/1 illusion turn w/o hand or foot support — C (2.306)
*Mitchell, 2010 Worlds
3/1 turn in tuck stand on 1 leg — E (2.507)
Homma, 1989 Worlds
Double “flair” (Homma Scissors) — n/a
Last listed in 2007 COP — B (2.208). Last credited in 2006.
Group 3 – Hand Support Elements
*Mostepanova, 1983 Worlds
Handspring fwd w. 1/1 twist before (or after) hand support — C (3.305)
*Tsavdaridou, 1995 Worlds
Arabian free cartwheel to front lying support — A (3.107)
Group 4 – Saltos Forward & Sideward
Strazheva, 1986 Jr. Europeans / *Podkopayeva, 1993 Worlds
Double salto fwd tucked — E (4.501)
*Podkopayeva, 1995 Worlds
Double salto fwd tucked w. 1/2 twist out — F (4.601)
Orlando, 2002 / Wagner, 2005 Worlds / Dowell, 2012 Jesolo / Submitted by Dowell @ 2013 Worlds — Not Performed
Double salto fwd piked — F
Margit Toth, 1976 Olympics
Full-twisting front layout salto — C (4.302)
Lazovaya, 1985 Riga International / Grosheva, 1994 Goodwill Games / *Tarasevich, 1994 Dortmund Worlds
Double-twisting front layout salto — D (4.402)
Sapunar, 1997 U.S. Jr. Nationals / Kaitlin White, 2001 / Lobaznyuk, 2001 / Pavlova, 2001 / *Cojocar, 2001 Worlds (mistakenly attributed to *Stroescu until 2013 COP)
2.5-twisting front layout salto — E (4.502)
Danilova, 1950s
Front aerial — A (4.103)
Jentsch, 1987 Worlds / *Andreasen
Arabian double salto tucked — E (4.505)
Chow, 1995 Budget Invitational / *Andreasen, 1995 Worlds
Arabian double salto tucked w. 1/2 twist out — E (4.505)
Marzan, 2001 US Classic / *Dos Santos I, 2003 Worlds
Arabian double salto piked — F (4.605)
*Dos Santos II, 2008 Olympics
Arabian double salto stretched — G (4.705)
Grossfeld, 1960 Olympics
Full-twisting back layout — B (5.201)
Bujnackova, Moore & Turischeva, 1972 Olympics
Double-twisting back layout — C (5.301)
Shaposhnikova, 1979 Europeans / Gnauck, 1979 Worlds
Triple-twisting back layout — E (5.501)
Ionescu, 2001 American Team Cup / Moreno, 2002 Jr. Europeans
3.5 twisting back layout — F (5.601)
Attempted by: Moreno, 200? ESP vs. ROU / Liukin, 2005?
Quadruple-twisting back layout — n/a
Studkova, 1972 Czech. Nationals / Abramova, 1974 Moscow News / Comaneci, 1976 American Cup / *Nellie Kim, 1976 Olympics
Double salto bwd tucked — D (5.402)
Retroactively named w. 2007 COP
Shaposhnikova & Filatova, 1977 World Cup
Double salto bwd piked — D (5.402)
*Kim, 1978 Worlds
Double salto bwd stretched-piked — n/a
Retroactively named w. 2013 COP
Campi, 1993 U.S. Nationals
Split-leg Double pike — n/a
Filatova, 1977 Riga International / *Mukhina, 1977 World Cup
Tucked full-in — E (5.502)
Chusovitina, 1991 Worlds
Tucked full-out — E (5.502)
De Jesus, 2004 Brazilian Nationals / London Phillips, 2005 SCATS Qualifier
Double salto bwd tucked w. 1.5 twists — n/a
Priakhina, 1986 Chunichi & 1987 Europeans / Boginskaya, 1987 Batumi / *Silivas, 1988 Olympics
Tucked full-in, full-out — H (5.802)
Groshkova, 1989 Chunichi
Double full-in tucked — H (5.802)
Brion, 1995 Jr. Pacific Alliance
Double full-in piked — n/a
Zakharova, 1977 USSR Cup? / Mary Lou Retton, 1983 Caesar’s Palace Invitationals
Double layout — F (5.603)
Gutsu, 1992 Olympics
Split-leg Double layout — n/a
London Phillips, 2005 SCATS Qualifier / *Biles, 2013 Worlds
Layout 1/2-out — G (5.703)
Tuzhikova, 1987 Worlds / *Chusovitina, 1991 Worlds (full-out) / Bontas, 1991 Worlds (full-in)
Full-twisting Double layout — H (5.803)
Tuzhikova’s full-twisting double layout was originally entered in the code as a full-in (although it was really more of a 1/2 in-1/2 out – see Bontas’ for comparison). Through the 2001 COP, Tuzhikova was credited w/ the Layout full-in and Chusovitina w/ the Layout full-out. Since 2005, however, only Chusovitina is credited w. the Full-twisting Double layout, regardless of twist placement.
*Moors, 2013 Worlds (1st competed @ 2013 Canadian Nationals) / Skinner, 2013 Secret Classic
Double-twisting Double layout — I (5.903)
Banned Skills
All Thomas/roll-out saltos last appeared in 1989 COP.
Davydova
Arabian 1-3/4 salto
Shushunova, 1982 Moscow Stars / 1985 Europeans
1-3/4 Straddle-piked Side salto
Links last checked: 2/15/12